Improvement in feeding devices for carding-machines



J. W. BARBOU'R. EEEEING DEVICE PoE GAEDING MACHINES.

Patented Sept. 27, 1870.

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N' dotted l iatw JOSEPH W. BARBOUR, 0F WINOOSKI FALLS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WILLIAM EARL, OF-NASHUA, VERMGNT.

Letters Patent No. 107,751, dated September 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEEDING DEVICES FOR CARDING-MACHINES. I

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the saine.

To all whom it 'may concern.: Y

Be it known that I, J osurlt W. Banlieue, of Winooskillalfs, m the county of Chittenden and State of "Vermont, have invented a new and improved Feeder for Gardmg-)Iachines; and I do hereby declare that `the following is a full, clear, and exaetdeseription lthereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view ot' one side-pot' the machine. Figure 2 is a section taken longitudinally and in a vertical plane through the center ot' the machine.

, Figure 3 is a. top view of the machine, in which portions-oi' the cover and guard are broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several iigures.

"lhe object ot this invent-ion is to feed wool to card-y ployed for the purpose of removing the vexcess of wool raised hy the vertical belt, and returningv ittoj the receptacle.

In this machineo Bolet-te, there is no provision made for picking open Vthe thick and matted loeks`of wool, no1 for spreading the wool so that it will he delivered to the carding-engine in a layer oi' uniform widthand thickness.

.lhe following description will enable others skilled in the-art to understand my invention and improvements.

lhe trame ofthe machine consists ot' two inc-losing sides, A A, suitably secured together,` and covered, as shown at B Il B.

This frame is adapted for heilig applied to a carding-cngiue, so as to deliver the. wool 4thereto at the proper point. p

N the receiving-chamber for the wool put into the machine, which chamber is lnovided with ahinged cover, B', and has for its bottom an'endless traveling belt, a', armed with teeth, and placed upon horizontal rollers a a, and inclined in such a manner as to eleva-te the wool from the receiving-chamber N to and beneat-h a gnard,-G.

Beneath this guard are two ribbed rollers, l) b, which take the wool from the endless belt a' and deliver it to the picker D, which separates and opens the matted locks ot' wool, and at the same time throws any excess ot the wool back over the guard G, to be again returned by` the 'studded belt a between the rollers b l).

The wool is removed fron. 'the teethof the picker D by means of a rapidly-revolving blade, f, which is varranged between the picker and a feed-roller, E, and

over an endless feed-apron,' a2.' This blade f not only operates to clear tliefpicker, but it also serves to beat down the loose wool-into a receptacle, I), which I term the packing-box, and from which the wool is fed between the roller E and belt c2 into the carding-engine. n

I term the receptacle Pa-packingbox, because the wool is fed therein in such quantities as will keep the carder always supplied with a given quantity of wool which has been picked and uniformly distrihutedfi'om Aend to end of the feed-roller E, and packed into this receptacle.

Having described my invention,

yWhat I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters'latent, is-` 1. The studded elevating-belt a', iuted rollers l) l), picker I), and guard G, combined and operating substantia'lly as described.; f p v 2. The rollers b.b,-picker l), and lrotating doingblade j', in con'ibination with the elevating'belta', ami the guard G, substantially as described.

3. The packing-box l), in combination with the picker I), doling-biadef, and feed-roller ll, substantially as described;

4.. The endless feed-apron arranged below the picker D, dotling-blade f, and feed-roller Ii, and forming the floor ot' the packing-box l, substantially as described.

JOSEPH W. BARBOUR. Witnesses:

A. C. Bantam), T. V. MERRELL. 

